Satellite platform looks to monitor trees across different landscapes
XCAM,a designer and manufacturer of specialised digital imaging systems, has joined a consortium of leading UK industry and academic partners, led by The Open University, to monitor trees across urban and rural landscapes.
The consortium will undertake a scoping study which will push the limits of leading CMOS TDI sensors and optimise system configuration to develop a new satellite platform for the classification, characterisation and monitoring of trees across different landscapes. The results from this study will inform and support a bid for full funding of the project.
Funded by the UK Space Agency, the study for the project, called TreeView, will transform the ability to measure, map and monitor the health of trees from space.